Bandage.



` spiri'lly .orftliagonally Wound l "interwoven bonds or infthedriwing These bands or belts may be .mude ,of either elastic or; inelasticV muten '.riul und `are so incorporated 1n the bandage 1 the.c;onstructionbeing sucht ofV inelastic-materiel 4the praotienlly iis flexible und-form fitting as the 'JEANNE :corny was Mnsnniif, or EVRY P Efrrnou'ne; minnen.

BANDAGE'.

To allwhomtmay concern:

i 13e" it known thiitl, JEANNE Dorm, mari bornliestreau; of @bateau de Petit-Bourg, Depart riedi Woman;

mentof 'the' Seinent Oise, "France," citizen of the French Republic,fl1nve invented certain new and `:useful Improvementsfin'Bandages; declarethe followinfg to be a exact description o as will enablejothers skilled in vention, such to make and the nrt tofiyhich it nppertirins luse the sun1e.. T

This invention bmol-ages unil more particulnrl nal bandages or supporters initde oi either ,elastic or inelastic material,

hat when made relates improvements in` to abdomiaverage elastic brace onsupporter.

''pplfcants bandage consists of a; series of overlapping or belts es 4clearly shown i that `tliey ou,n be independently adjustedlin 4length uceordi'ng to the size sind igureof the are secured together@ .Weer-er und can thus sustain :the Weight of i iifduptuble to 1 of tiewearer egraduell'y r m'ation,. .he upper the back und ending midway thereof, seid.

upper ends being secured bythe' usual leei-.ends of the other 'se .-afbly inadein tufo be umile to support or any portion of tlie nb doininstllwnll. A

The {bunclnge .or supporter is equally both men und. women sind by reasongof its ndjustnbility is especially useful tovwoinen during tlieperiot of'gestation,

'In'tlfetoonstruotion ofthe bandage or supf porte ftliieinividuel beltsor'b-imds gmnmv eti-the' back :ire wound around tire front ends elec passing around easy movement' by the wearer the .,igjj. There. 'are two a's clearlyshown -ii wound in opposlte direcs'etS ofthe'se bands `tions and interlaced in the front to formsubstantiailly. en interwoven construction and i. thus vroviding a for t 1eV nbdomen,

strong and, `positive support and yet et the same time,

being-flexible and allowing free movement 55 of the body. Each individual. band is preferpeees overlapped et .the

-Apiilieation le March 16,

opted to rbe' bandage will be4 rising' spiral for #elastic strips` or webs.

1918. Serial N0. 84,659.

sides` und adapted to'be secured by iin ailinstable fastening menns'so that any particular band. muy be lengthenod or brin 4the V'desir-"cti pressureto beur upon any -pnrticularpmt ofthe abdomen 'or to accommodate v@my particular chau-goof tlie shape.

Vof `the figure. Referring to the drnwiugs Figure 1 is a front View of 'tl'iebuxull-uge. Fig. 2 is a.- side vien' showing'. the adjustable feature of the bands and. Fig. 3 is n, rear View of the (ieric-e. 'Fig'. l is n inoililieution illustrating another menus olf thewenrer.

The, bandage, Considered ns ai unit, is com posed' of n number of independent belts or bands l, 3 und 5 seouzel on one title and belts 2, .4: .und (i secured on the opposite side, both sets of belts 'or bands beginning at. the back und preferably secured together by elastic strips 13, and then Wound in opposite directions noi-oss the front of the wearer in a gradually r ing spiral until. i of the bends reach the nemer line of 'the back -Where they iure 4:.seoiii, .f l to their oomplemerb tary bands by suitable lacing as at 7 und 8.

As th" bands are wound around 'the front of tion pressure muylie brought to bear u on any particular purtpfthe abdomen an at; f `the 'sume-tune enabllng the supporter to worn b personsof furious sizes and figures. l eretofore this snngness and adjustayvholly elastic bandage that it does not give tliedesired support ut enyspecal Y. "Fi 4 illustrates u Iuodification'in which interrupted orseuf ereii'on n line down the frontsuicl the result# `v ing ends are secured to the usuel corset??- hoeks,

spira ly wounal bands are which 'in turn muy be attached to eachother by the shortened-to adjusting the bandage to disuduantegefof the plee@` end there is no means for tgilcing up the slack looelity lowing to the `loss1 eoiistant weer. (Dbusuel corset hook construc-v f Patented out. 15, 191s. l

the other ends 8 0 bility could only be obtuinoti in a bandage of the ellstic type but tl'ie tion. This bandage is not es efectivo as the of two rows of bands spxrally Wound 1n o one ilerinbefore described, but is more qulckix n ppliedand may be used' in cases 'Where it 1s not necessary to provlde for the variations inthe size of the wearer.

What I claim is 1. An abdominal bandage consisting only posite Adirections about the body off 't e wearer. l l i i abdominal bandage veonssting only oftw rows 'of separate and lindependent banis spiraliyqvound 1n opposite directions about the body of the wearer.

.An abdominal bandage consisting only of a series of .bands spiraliy wound in opposite directions abouts'the body of the wearer,

said bands adapted to be crossed and inter- 'lacedl at the abdominal supporting portion and means' for securing the ends of said bands.

Leonessa 4. An abdominal bandage consisting only of a series of bands spirally Wound in oppomeans for seciiiinfg the ends of said bands and means for vir'idependently adjusting the said bands. I

5. An abdominal bandage, comprising two rows of separate and independent .bands spirally wound in opposite directions about the body of the wearer, said bands adapted to be crossed and interlaced at the abdominal support portion, means for securing the ends of said bands and means for 'independently .adjusting Said bands.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JEANNE DUPUY N MESTREAU. Witnesses:

Clins. l. PREssLY, Hexal CoHEN.

-site directions about the body of 'the wearer, 

